"It was pretty coo l · I ju st got first bec aus e
I was l uc k y: admitted th e O 'Neal /Templ e
City Powersport/N ·Style-ba cked Noble. " O ne
guy crashed and o ne gu y brok e a chain o r
som ethi ng ."
The 125cc Nov ice class also had its share
of m iscues and m a lfun c ti ons . Ry an Riess
cla imed th e flrst - rnoto hol esh ot . w ith J o ey
Compise. Jarrod Hens ley an d Andy Bakken
on his back ti re. Co m p ise took the lead in the
third tum and dominated th e rest of the m oto.
Riess bobbl ed. allo w ing Bakk en. Hensley and
Jeff Loop to pa ss. Ca mpise took an easy win.
with Bakken and Hensley in second and th ird.
" It wa s lots o f fu n : said th e Go at / IM S·
backed Cam pise. "lt was gr eat - no problem s
at all. It went so s moo th. Th ey weren 't co ming
aft er m e; 1wa s surprised ."
Riess aga in got th e j u m p i n the seco nd
m ota. Following clos e beh ind were Campise.
Loo p and Bakken. Riess reli nquished the lead
to Compise and Loop during lap one. but dur -
ing s u bs eq ue nt laps, Camp ise s eiz ed hi s
eng ine and Loop crashed. Bakk en then passed
Riess to tak e the lead. He held it to the fini sh
lin e to capturing the overall for the even ing . J .
J ones/Magnum /Warrpt' s Riess ca me in sec ond and captured seco nd pla ce overall.
Results
P/WMOD (4-6): I. Dozer Hall (Cob).
PfW STK (0-6): I . ~s Urin!'> (Cob ); 2. ChlKl Morales (Cob): 3.
Joey Gutierr ez (VlIm ).
P/W STK (7 ·8) : 1. To mm y Madden (Co b) ; 2. Brooke Bishop
(Lorn ).
PfW MOD (7·8) : 1. R.J. Hoch (KTM); 2. Sa muel Martine z (KTM):
3. Dliiton Ca mpbell (KTM).
60 (0 -8): I. Ga n ic k Nobl e (Kaw ) ; 2. R.J . Hcc h ( KlIw) : 3.
Zach4ryPillow (Ka w); 4. MarcUI Ca rrillo (KlIw); 5. Max LadIeU (KlIw).
60 (9 · 11): 1. Scott No ble (Ka w); 2. Cooper Heu (KTM); 3
James B.shop IKaw).
80 BEG: J. /I\lIn Richa rdson (KlIw); 2. Matt Vegas ( Hoo ); 3.
Kevm San born (Kcrw 4. Andrc-w YarneD ( ~w ) ; 5. John Hauer (Hoo ).
);
80 (4 - 1 1): I. J ust in Mulford (Hon ); 2. Ja ke Hulett ( Ka wl: 3 .
Chad Goris (K_ ).
eo (12·13 ): I. JlIrl"Ie'I Turner ( ~w ): 2. Justrl HiU.ger ( Yam ).
80 (14. 16): 1. Brt'tt Rolhas (Kaw) ; 2. SteYft'l Hoyie ( Y~ ) .
S!MlNJ; I. Jame.s T~ (Kaw).
125 BEG : I . Jaffie'l W..d (Yam ); 2 . J ared Krauw (Yam ); 3 . Paul
..Johnson (Yam) ; 4. Todd BarUdt (Sw.) ; 5. BrandonEll' " (Yarnl.
125 NOV: I.Ivtdy Bakken (Yam ): 2. Ryan Riess (y am); 3. ~
Com~ (Suz); 4. Beau Jones (Hon): 5. Jeff Loop (K_ ).
125 INT: J. Erik ~ (Yam) ; 2. Cory Gibbons (Yam ); 3 . s-t
O'Conner (V am ): 4 . DavKi Sullins (Yam ); 4 Nick Alvarez (Hon) .
125PRO: 1.1'\Ich6eI YoundC
Hon).
250 BEG: 1. Juon ~, (Hon) ; 2 . JlIke Johnson (Hon): 3
Michad Rfl'IIlIlord (Kew); 4 . Stl'Ven Pmy (Yam ).
250 NOV: I. Kyle Shumrk (Kow); 2. Do'lie! Angelo (Yam ).
250 INT: I. Se an O'Connft (Yam) : 2. En k Meye' (Kew); 3. Brian
Walker (Kaw) ; 4. Danny Wooda rd (Kaw).
250 PRO: I. MIct1ae1 Young (Hoo) : 2. Jose Polasek (Hon) .
J R VET BEG: I. J uon Ordonez (Hon) .
J R VETliNT I. Mike Wilson (Vom ).
:
SR NOV: 1. Carlos OIlervlde l (Hon) .
Ho nd a , Fo rt ne r sa iled ov er th e top of th e
rug ged. steep hill in 4.069 second s on his first
rid e, setting the fast ti m e to that po int of the
day. Nobody else was able to beat that tim e)n
th e fi rst round , bu t in second -round action,
Brent Stewart blazed over the top on his KTM
38 0 in a blisterin g 3 .7 1g second s to win the
4 00 cc cl ass a nd m o v e up o n the fast -t ime
bubble. St ewart wa s just a quarter-s econd
faster than Matt Peters. wh o turn ed in a fin e
3 .98 5 -second time on hi s CR30 1 for second.
Ken Knuser nailed a very fast 3 .742-second time in the second round of 600cc act io n,
m oving ahead of Fortner in that cl ass. Fortner
respond ed by blasti ng full -throttle over the top
in a n in cr edible 3 .4 64 second s to take the
cl ass w in and th e Fast Time tr o ph y in co nvincing fashio n. But ch Fett ers took third with
a 4 .06 8 -secon d run on his KX 500 .
Fortn er' s seco nd cl as s win ca me in th e
750cc cl ass. in wh ich he posted th e seco ndfa st est time of th e d ay . T om " Wil d Ch ild"
Daniels was the only 750 cc rid er to top th e hill
in th e fir st roun d , postin g a hard-won 7 .888 sec o nd t im e . In th e sec o nd ro u nd . Da ni el s
toppe d the hill on his Kaw asak i tr ip le - "Wild
Thing " in 4.2 14 seco nds . Th en veteran U oyd
Haas carded a fin e 3 .874 seco nds on his triple
to tak e the lead. How ever, Fortn er then tum ed
his Hond asaki triple loose and screamed over
the top in an excelle nt 3 .682 seco nds to take
the cla ss win an d wind up a perfect day .
Jon Creek po sted his first win in the 250cc
cl ass, c ar d ing a 4 .086-sec o nd ti me o n his
CR250 to edge U oyd Haas. who ran a 4 .093 secon d t i me o n a TM2 50 b orr ow ed f ro m
Bru ce St reich er . Haas wa s fo llowed by Mark
Ki rki ng . Matt Peters and Kell y Senn.
Fiftee n-yea r-o ld Ja cob Bail ey pi cked up
his fi rs t w in in th e Push rod class. Ridi ng a
massive 160&c Harl ey , Bailey tu rned in co nsistentl y Iast times of 4 .377 and 4 .01 4 second s to take th e cla ss win . "Wi ld Bill - Myers
was his closest co m petition with a 5.4 27 -se<
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ond time on his Harley. Dan Walstad gra bbed
thi rd on his vi ntage BSA with a 7 . 13 6 -seco nd
run. Ti m Wigg ins c rashed his Triumph 650 at
J 12 feet fo r fourth. and young gun Josh Carrie r rod e his 800 cc Trium ph 82 fee t before
crashing for fifth pla ce.
My ers took the win in th e O pen class . In the
second round , My ers he ld o n to his roaring
Harley and blas ted ov er the hill in 4.508 sec onds - the only Open -class bi ke to see the top .
Results
50 AUTO: I. Derek Swenson (KTM); 2. Ke-oeg.en BohlIMon (Hon).
JR MINI: 1. And rew Ballard (Kaw); 2. Mike PopMm (Yom ); 3.
Dr- Doni@/I (KTM); 4 . Bobby Senn (Kaw); !i. Aa ron W~ken (Kow).
SR MINI: 1. Adam Book (Hon) : 2. Do
mon Meyo (Hoo); 3. Don
Rock River Riders Hillclimb
" Fast Andy" is Ba'ck
By Boo NORTHROP
POLO . IL. JUNE 18
"Fast A ndy" Fo rtn er eamed his nickn am e by
bei ng one of the most prolific of th e Fa st Time
jockeys in Illinois and Indiana hill cl imbing . but
he was sti ll looking for hi s fi rst win of the new
year at th e Rock River Riders climb near Polo .
Ill inois . "Fast Andy " had a peoect day . taking
two cla ss win s and the Fa st T ime trophy .
Fortn er pi cked up hi s fi rst win and the Fast
Time in t he 600 c c clas s. Rid in g h is J PC
M)'ff'I (Suz): 4 . Nick Meyo (Hon): !i. Andrew Stoe'tWort (Sw:l .
200 : I. Kelly Senn (KTM): 2. Kev in Ryan (KIJ 3. Chril Sen n
w);
(Hon) ; 4 . Da n My@
tI(Yam ): S. Jerem y Rowen (Yom) .
250: I. Jon Crl!'oek (Hon); 2. Uoy d Hool (TM): 3. Merk Kirking
(Vom): 4. Mett Peten (Hoo) : S. Kelly Senn (Kow).
400: I . Brent Stewort (KTM): 2. !'\lItt Peters (Hon ) : 3 . Do ug
l
Campbell (HU l; 4 . Bill StArk (Hon ).
600: I. Andy Fortner (Hon) : 2. Ken Knusoer (Hon ); J , Butch Fet·
tetl (Kow); 4 . Fronk Kopelko (Kow); 5. Doug Com pbe ll (Kaw).
750 : I. Andy fOrtJ'lt' r ( Hon); 2. Uoyd Haa s ( Kow): 3 . To m
Dan id s (Kaw); 4 , Robin SeM (Yom ): 5 . Bill Stark (Yam ).
OPEN: I. Bill Myers (H. D): 2. Mike Koesst'I (Ka w); 3. Bill Stark
(Yom); 4. Jacob Bailf'Y(H· D); 5. Josh Ca nier rrri) .
SR: I. Doug Campbell (Kow): 2. Roger Hockbllrth (Hon ); 3. John
Stf'ffen C
KTM): 4 . Tom RoIhns (Hon ): 5. Don Sh f'fida n (Hoo) .
PSHRD: I. Jacob Boi1eoy (H· D); 2. Bill M~ (H· D); 3. Dan Wal ·
stad (BSA); 4 . Tim WiggIns (Tri); S. Josh Camer (Tn).
5Th: I. f ronk Kopetk o (Hon ): 2. Tab Hubner (Hon).
FASTTlME: Andy fortner. 3.464 (Hon) .
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250 JR : 1. Mike Hart (Hus ); 2. Man Hort (Hus): 3. Derwtil
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BEG: I. Gary Ta ytor (Hon ): 2. Matt Stewart (Yam): 3_
Brion McKf'fUie (Hon ).
VET JR : l , Ja y PavkJvf'c l Hon ): 2. Jim Corioey (Yam ): 3 . Kemy
Salford (Yam); 4. Chns 8oefgstrom (Yam): 5. Tom MoeDor (Kaw) .
VET BEG: I. Ted Aynn (Kow); 2. Ric AI\en (Sw); 3. Oorwoe
Bales (Yam ); 4 . Ridl ord Huron (Yam): 5. J a imf' Young (Hon ).
VET tNT: 1. Ken Mallow (Kow) ; 2. fred NidJols (Yom) : 3.
Johnny Pasco (Hon) : 4. Rock y Hosh (Hoo) : 5. Mike Horton (KTM).
4 0 ... J R.: I . Lany Waterhoul e (KT M); 2 . Deve Ste p hen s
(Yom ); 3. Mark fo\oinyk (Hon); 4_ Rick Pet erson (YlIm); 5. Bnon
Sa unders IHon ).
40... INT: 1. Don Austin (Yam); 2 . Greg Enckson (KTM); 3.
Mitch Evans (Kaw); 4 _ Gary &wIden (Yam) ; 5. Cum s Joblon:Mti
(YlIm) .
40+ EX: I. Ken EhIt'B (Yom); 2. Gary Scott (Yom ): 3. Tom
Mellor (KlIw); 4. Rob Healy (Yam) ; S. Ron Fisher (Yom ).
40+ MSTll: I . Rich Eierstf'Clt (Yam ); 2. Jdf Su rwall (Yam ); 3.
Ron Lawson (Yom ); 4. Rkk J otv'lson (Hon): 5 . Merc Crosby (Yom ).
SO M.$TR: 1. Jody Weise l (Yom ); 2. Tom White (Kaw); 3.
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Alon Olson (Vam ): 4. Roy PillJ tlk l (Hon ): 5 . Bengt Johonsson
(KTM).
Glen Helen Raceway Park: Dou g Dubach
(118) dom inated bo t h Combined Pro mot os
for the overa ll victory In San Bernardino ,
Califo rn ia.
M X Kingdom
Reed,Hanson
Win at Kingdom
By MARK D. B ONNELL
Gl en Helen Rac eway Park
D u bach Dazzles
REM Saturday MX
By ROCKY H A SH
SAN BERNARDINO. CA . JUNE 10
Vet Wo rld Cham p io n " Docto r" Doug Dubach
took a break fro m th e AMA Nationals a nd
came out to Raci ng Enterp rises Mot orsports '
week ly Saturday m oto cr oss. wh er e he do rninated both motos of the Co mbined Pro contest
fo r the overall honors on the day .
Wh en th e fi rst m oto got goi ng, Dubach
bla st ed hi s White Br others/O 'N eal -ba ck ed
YZ4 2 6F out fr ont for th e hol eshot. T y Kady
stuc k his Berts/MSR -spon sor ed RM250 into
sec o nd. w hil e YZ250 -mounted Paul Ke llen
held third . At th e end of lap one , Bob Webber
and Mo tocross Action-backed Will y Musgrave
fili ed o ut the to p five .
Righ t away. Dubach put about th ree sec onds on Kady in seco nd , whil e Mu sgrave di spla ced both Kellen an d W ebb er to m ove up
into third . A nother rider mov ing forward was Z
Racing/Wind/Dirt Bik e rider Mark Till ey . who
had pushed his KTM SX250 up to fourth after a
poor start. Out front. Dubach was pu tting on a
cl in ic , conti nuing to str etch his lead at the rate
of on e second per lap . Kady was in firm co ntrol of second , whil e Musgrave (just back from
a serious ga rdeni ng accident ) and Till ey began
to argue over th ird. At the halfway point. Tilley
m ade his m ove and passed Mu sgrav e fo r th ird.
As the race wound down , Dub ach continued to
ride m i sta k e -free, and when the c hec ke r s
came out , he won by m or e than 15 seco nds.
Kady loped in all alone fo r second. and Tilley
rod e ac ross the lin e fo r thi rd. Mu sgrave was
fourth, and Kelle n filled out the top five.
At th e sta rt of m oto two , Tilley ag gressiv ely
charged the firs t co me r and took the hol esho L
Du bach jocke ye d into sec o nd , wh il e K ell en
held third. Mu sgrave rod e in fo urth. and Kady
was fifth . Dubach waite d exactly th ree comers
before stuffi ng his way past Tilley for the lead .
On lap two , Musgrave went around Kellen fo r
th ird pl ace. and on the next I.p Kad y foll owed
suit an d m o ved up t o fo urth . Once ag ai n ,
Du bach beg an to sepa rate hi m self from th e
pack . tho ugh this time Till ey was k eeping hi m
hon est, back only abo ut two seco nds .
At the halfway m ark . Kad y fou nd a way
around Musgrave for third pl ace. Ti lley bega n
to ex perience pr oblem s w ith his rear brake
and he dropped off th e pa ce . Th is allowed
Kady to move up to seco nd. and Musg rave to
th ird . Dubach ch arged steadily all the way to
the chec kered flag and too k the mo to w in in
co nvinc ing fa sh io n. K ady was again second
best , whil e Mu sgrave finished in th ird . Kellen
rode in fo urt h . and Tilley limped in fifth . On
t he d ay . t h e to p cas h we nt to D ub ac h by
virtue of hi s 1-1 m oto sweep. Kady was next
best w ith his 2-2 tall y. whi le Mu sgrave eame d
third -place hon ors with his 4 -3 rides. Tiliey (3 5) wa s fourth . an d Kellen (5- 4 ) fil led out th e
top five .
Re s u lt s
Roc k River Riders Hillclimb: The last 30 feet of the Rock River Riders ' hill in Polo ,
Illinois, is nearly vertical; only a third of the riders actually to pped the hill.
125 BEG: 1. John /VIanoert (KTM): 2. Skip Boenoedict (Hen ); 3.
Eric 5goenhuis (Yarn) ; 4 . SmilH Kylemurdy (Ya m ); 5 . Thomal
80JR: 1. J imm y Patrkk (Yam ).
80 BEQ: I. Ryan Monholt (Hon ); 2. Erika Con tre l1l1 (Hon) ; 3.
Billy McC (Sul) .
Uf'
125 JR : I. Chril " '1tory (Yam) ; 2. Bm Mariter (Sw:): 3. Kenny
Myen (Yom) .
A DEL . IA . JU NE 24
W he n t h e tru st y MX Ki ngdom a nswe ri ng
mach ine said the Adel had received less than
half an in ch of rain in the last 36 hours, m ost
callers th ought. "Yeah. right:
It was a littl e hard to believe, since most of
Iowa had been under a downpour, with areas a
little as 45 m iles away receiving as much as 8
inches of rain the day before. As ~ was pouring
only 20 m iles in Des Moines most of Saturday.
the MX Kingdom crew spent the day watering
and pr eppin g th e tr ack . It only rai ned du ring
interm ission, which saved the crew a lot of work.
A new sectio n wa s add ed co nsisting of two
j um p -fill ed straights w ith a new off-cam ber
tum before th e spe ctator tr iple. Thi s section
slowed things down a bit and m ade for som e
exciti ng raci ng.
O ne of th e m o st thrilli ng classes of the
eve ning was defi nite ly the 50 cc J unio r/Senior
co ntest, With 26 rid ers between 4 and 9 years
old on the lin e, anything can happe n - and a
lot did . Th e wi de range of sk ill leve ls m ade for
several good races within the race. In the 50<:c
Senio r cl ass, Devin Reed pu t on quite a show
and eve n d id a co uple of th e doub les. In the
50 cc Junior class , winner Bob by Hanson and
runn er-up J ak e Whaley were way out front and
cc
even bested some of the SO Senior racers.
ot
Ano ther class that provided a J of action
was the Ov er 30 A and B/ C co m bined co ntest.
Th e heat race was lik e O ld Hom e Week. as riders who were at MX Ki ngdom's first race back
in 1991 were out in force - includi ng m oto win ner Tracy Bach m an and othe r o ld fav orites
such as David Brommel and Mark. Bolton.
Off th e line . Bachman and Brommel m ade
it cle ar that each wan ted to win , as they were
nev er m ore than two seconds ap art. Chris
Hunter and Gr eg Wurster were next in lin e,
go ing bar to bar seve ral ti mes. follow ed by
Patri ck Masonbrink and Bo lton .
In th e m ain , th e A class was all Brommel
and Hunter, whil e the B/ C cl ass was dominated by Craig Fla ch and Lee Botten. A little fur th er bac k . Pat Ni ck el and Steve Choplin had a
tight battle goi ng .
The crowd fill ed t he sta nds and li ned th e
fences as the 250cc C m ain got under way . It
was th e la rgest class of the evening; as 30 riders went do wn the sta rt stra igh t, th ree midpack
sta rte rs go t hoo k ed togeth er and fell at the end
of th e san d strai g ht . E ventual w inn er Br ian
Norris stayed o ut fro nt and h eld off hard ·
cha rgi ng Br. ndon Crogham and Ada m Sm ith.
In the 125cc C cl ass . Tommy Rob in son
held off all 25 of his c hallengers to tak e his
seco nd win in as many Di strict 22 events.
Io wa nativ e Chad Pede rso n made a rare
ap p eara nce (following an inj ury -fil le d arenacross seaso n) an d wo n th ree cla sses 125cc A, 250cc A and Ov er 25 A - bestin g his
te a m manager, Ch ris Hun ter . in t wo of th e
th ree cla sses.
eN
Result s
50 J R: I. Bobby Honson : 2. Jake Wha ley: 3. Sk ylf'r Rath : 4. Clint
Flnck: 5. Jekob Etter.
50 SR: 1. Devin Ret!d; 2. Eric Downey : 3. J ed sPenan; 4. J on
Dings Jr.: 5. Dillon Nail.
n
65: I. Ricky Drope r; 2. Da'lid Downey: 3. Jed $oeflJo : 4. Eric
Downe y: 5 . Chris Cochran.
80 J R: I . Co lin Hickm an: 2. Dillon Rice : 3. Da vid Downe y: 4.
Ben Bromrnd: 5. LeviD~ .
80 SR: I . Drew Johnson; 2. BrlKly Pf'Ck: 3. Michoel Doman: 4.
Tyler Cochra.n: 5. Alexander Pet~.
OPEN: I. Teddy Met«; 2. Drew Jotv'lson; 3. Cohn Hidunan:
4 . Tyler Cochl1ln ; 5. Roger Boch.
16 -24 1\; 1. Tooy Wenck; 2. TylerG~.
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